. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Economic. 334 SAUEOPSIDA. although suake-like, is a true lizard {Lacertilia), but devoid of limbs. Why it is called the Blind-worm is unaccountable, for it has well-developed eyes. The habits of this snake-like Lizard are very interesting. They appear from their winter quarters long before the Snakes and Amphibia. In the winter they bury themselves in galleries in the earth beneath heaps of leaves and. Fig. 172.^Blind-worm (-ittgwM/rofl'zlis)—after Bell. (Nicholson.) in banks. The chief food consists of slugs and worms, which they take in a very
. A text-book of agricultural zoology. Zoology, Economic. 334 SAUEOPSIDA. although suake-like, is a true lizard {Lacertilia), but devoid of limbs. Why it is called the Blind-worm is unaccountable, for it has well-developed eyes. The habits of this snake-like Lizard are very interesting. They appear from their winter quarters long before the Snakes and Amphibia. In the winter they bury themselves in galleries in the earth beneath heaps of leaves and. Fig. 172.^Blind-worm (-ittgwM/rofl'zlis)—after Bell. (Nicholson.) in banks. The chief food consists of slugs and worms, which they take in a very leisurely manner. The young are very pretty — shining creamy yellow above, black below; a black line also running down the back which expands over the head. They vary from nine to twelve or more at a birth. When frightened they can readily cast off their tail, which seems to retain vitality some time after severance from the body. The Sand Lizard's tail breaks off Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Theobald, Frederick Vincent, 1868-1930. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and sons
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